Hey everyone, it's me, one of the infamous PPT involved!
First of all, let me start by saying that the fact that HO spent i don't know how many hours looking into this and decided to remove the "faulty" TPE is the only way to address this point. There were deadlines that were not met, so TPE gained in those situations should be removed and that's exactly what's gonna happen. If it's 1 TPE or 15 TPE, does not matter. And of the reasoning by some here is that "it's only a couple TPE", it shouldn't matter that you have to take it out, as "it's only a couple TPE". The line has to be somewhere, or you'll end up one week rejecting someone who posted a task 5 min later than the deadline and next week you accept someone else's who posted 7 min later. There has to be consistency here, and the best way is to adhere to the set deadlines on every original post. Like it or not, the tasks are normally posted with a lot of time in advance, so no need to post stuff close to the deadline.
Going into the other parts of the subject, i'd like to say that i don't believe for a second that @Kyamprac "gave" TPE to herself and r0tz in a malicious way, or that she has favorites and decided to help her team, whatever. The way we grade stuff is pretty fluid, meaning that while we do have tasks assigned, if for example i'm not online and someone else is, he/she can pick up that slack and grade/post stuff anytime to make it faster. So, if Kya was really trying to do shady stuff, she would probably ask to do some tasks way more, or would do them without asking anyone to gain an advantage, as we normally don't check each others work because we all trust the judgement of every PPT member. Hell, i show up a lot on the sheet @iStegosauruz posted (and thanks for that) and while i did not comb through it all to check for sure, i probably gave late TPE to Arizona players and/or members i am closer in the league. And i had no intention to play favorites or help anyone specifically. The reason i probably didn't grade my own late work is because i try to do tasks asap, so i do them earlier on the week or as soon as they are posted. So, in conclusion, Kya was "caught" doing something we all did, the difference is that we're not heads, only regular members. It's true that the Head job holder should look into stuff more closely, but when you trust your team, you don't micro manage that much.
Now looking into the punishment, i had the opportunity to tell HO that even though i didn't have all the info on why they were removing Kya, it wasn't the right course of action. And now that i have a bit more info on it, i can double down on that feeling. Steg mentioned that there was stuff happening since S16, way before Kya was even a PPT member, i think only Stennett remains on the team from that time, so if you're going to can Kya, please use just the time when she was there as Head. And looking into the type of user Kya is, i don't think it's warranted that she gets fired as a scapegoat for errors that were not only happening before she was even on the team, but also errors that the whole team let through, myself included.
We even have regular discussions on discord about certain tasks that may or may not be rejected, be we normally go for the easy approach and "give" TPE instead of taking it to bring up the user morale and help with retention. Right or wrong approach? Who knows.
So the fact that HO decided to remove her from the job, in what seems an unanimous decision, it's strange. We have seen a lot of members, even HO members, get involved in some shady stuff and they had, i think, less severe punishments. Why not make it a probation period, not only for Kya, but for all of us? I mean, we all messed up and when we did, it definitely wasn't Kya's fault. Even a fine i think would be harsh, why should she lose money because of our errors when some of those happened even before she was on the team?
Probation period for every member and a closer look on the deadlines to not allow late TPE. And the matter would be closed for sure, as we would pay a lot more attention to it to not mess up again. But for some reason they decide to go "crazy" and axe someone who is a valuable member of the league from a job she was good at, angering the mob.
Taking what i said before, that PPT members had errors, i decided to step down from the team effective immediately. No, this is not a gesture to support Kya, as she already knows i'm on her side, this is not a gesture to stick it to HO, as they know what i think about all this and i agree with some of their reasonings, this is simply a gesture i'm taking because i have made a lot of errors during this time, as we can see on the sheet, and i should've done better. As simple as that. I had no idea how many times it happened and i think it's a good thing that HO analysed this. Besides, it will open up a spot for someone new to get a league job which i try to encourage every single time.
Despite all this i'm proud on what i helped the PPT achieve.
I want this graded for media please, get me my money.
First of all, let me start by saying that the fact that HO spent i don't know how many hours looking into this and decided to remove the "faulty" TPE is the only way to address this point. There were deadlines that were not met, so TPE gained in those situations should be removed and that's exactly what's gonna happen. If it's 1 TPE or 15 TPE, does not matter. And of the reasoning by some here is that "it's only a couple TPE", it shouldn't matter that you have to take it out, as "it's only a couple TPE". The line has to be somewhere, or you'll end up one week rejecting someone who posted a task 5 min later than the deadline and next week you accept someone else's who posted 7 min later. There has to be consistency here, and the best way is to adhere to the set deadlines on every original post. Like it or not, the tasks are normally posted with a lot of time in advance, so no need to post stuff close to the deadline.
Going into the other parts of the subject, i'd like to say that i don't believe for a second that @Kyamprac "gave" TPE to herself and r0tz in a malicious way, or that she has favorites and decided to help her team, whatever. The way we grade stuff is pretty fluid, meaning that while we do have tasks assigned, if for example i'm not online and someone else is, he/she can pick up that slack and grade/post stuff anytime to make it faster. So, if Kya was really trying to do shady stuff, she would probably ask to do some tasks way more, or would do them without asking anyone to gain an advantage, as we normally don't check each others work because we all trust the judgement of every PPT member. Hell, i show up a lot on the sheet @iStegosauruz posted (and thanks for that) and while i did not comb through it all to check for sure, i probably gave late TPE to Arizona players and/or members i am closer in the league. And i had no intention to play favorites or help anyone specifically. The reason i probably didn't grade my own late work is because i try to do tasks asap, so i do them earlier on the week or as soon as they are posted. So, in conclusion, Kya was "caught" doing something we all did, the difference is that we're not heads, only regular members. It's true that the Head job holder should look into stuff more closely, but when you trust your team, you don't micro manage that much.
Now looking into the punishment, i had the opportunity to tell HO that even though i didn't have all the info on why they were removing Kya, it wasn't the right course of action. And now that i have a bit more info on it, i can double down on that feeling. Steg mentioned that there was stuff happening since S16, way before Kya was even a PPT member, i think only Stennett remains on the team from that time, so if you're going to can Kya, please use just the time when she was there as Head. And looking into the type of user Kya is, i don't think it's warranted that she gets fired as a scapegoat for errors that were not only happening before she was even on the team, but also errors that the whole team let through, myself included.
We even have regular discussions on discord about certain tasks that may or may not be rejected, be we normally go for the easy approach and "give" TPE instead of taking it to bring up the user morale and help with retention. Right or wrong approach? Who knows.
So the fact that HO decided to remove her from the job, in what seems an unanimous decision, it's strange. We have seen a lot of members, even HO members, get involved in some shady stuff and they had, i think, less severe punishments. Why not make it a probation period, not only for Kya, but for all of us? I mean, we all messed up and when we did, it definitely wasn't Kya's fault. Even a fine i think would be harsh, why should she lose money because of our errors when some of those happened even before she was on the team?
Probation period for every member and a closer look on the deadlines to not allow late TPE. And the matter would be closed for sure, as we would pay a lot more attention to it to not mess up again. But for some reason they decide to go "crazy" and axe someone who is a valuable member of the league from a job she was good at, angering the mob.
Taking what i said before, that PPT members had errors, i decided to step down from the team effective immediately. No, this is not a gesture to support Kya, as she already knows i'm on her side, this is not a gesture to stick it to HO, as they know what i think about all this and i agree with some of their reasonings, this is simply a gesture i'm taking because i have made a lot of errors during this time, as we can see on the sheet, and i should've done better. As simple as that. I had no idea how many times it happened and i think it's a good thing that HO analysed this. Besides, it will open up a spot for someone new to get a league job which i try to encourage every single time.
Despite all this i'm proud on what i helped the PPT achieve.
I want this graded for media please, get me my money.